Poulenc also found an easy and effective style to which to carry forward without monotony the scenes of convent life.

Many left the strict regimen of convent life to simply share quarters with a few other nuns.

She enjoys the convent life, despite being a handful for her superiors.

"There's a lot to be said for the convent life."

Ignorant of convent life, my daughter asked why they were "in jail," which elicited giggles.

Together they capture the subtly exalted ordinariness of convent life.

With its intellectual pursuits and leisure pastimes, the court set the tone for convent life.

At one point she tried the convent life but it proved too taxing.

How have you survived convent life all these years?

Teresa experienced doubt, loneliness and the temptation to return to the comfort of convent life during these early months.